Metal-using industries

A review of the rearmament programme was begun in December, with an emphasis on reducing demand on the metal-using industries in... 

Cherwell to Prime Minister, 18 July 1952, PREM 11/49, TNA. Figures for the burden on the metal-using industries varied. The defence departments claimed that orders were never fulfilled on time, and used the figures in the text, which were 15 per cent below the total of orders that would be placed. Cherwell, on the other hand, argued that orders would tie up capacity even if industry failed to fulfil them, and used higher figures. 

Uses. Alkah metal and ammonium fluoroborates are used mainly for the high temperature fluxing action required by the metals processing industries (see Metal surface treatments Welding). The tendency toward BF dissociation at elevated temperatures inhibits oxidation in magnesium casting and aluminum alloy heat treatment. 

Other Industrial Applications. High pressures are used industrially for many other specialized appHcations. Apart from mechanical uses in which hydrauhc pressure is used to supply power or to generate Hquid jets for mining minerals or cutting metal sheets and fabrics, most of these other operations are batch processes. Eor example, metallurgical appHcations include isostatic compaction, hot isostatic compaction (HIP), and the hydrostatic extmsion of metals. Other appHcations such as the hydrothermal synthesis of quartz (see Silica, synthetic quartz crystals), or the synthesis of industrial diamonds involve changing the phase of a substance under pressure. In the case of the synthesis of diamonds, conditions of 6 GPa (870,000 psi) and 1500°C are used (see Carbon, diamond, synthetic). 

An important iadustrial use of NaH involves its in situ formation ia molten NaOH or ia fused eutectic salt baths. At concentrations of 1—2% NaH, these compositions are powerful reducing systems for metal salts and oxides (5). They have been used industrially for descaling metals such as high alloy steels, titanium, zirconium, etc. 

Reduction of metal oxides with hydrogen is of interest in the metals refining industry (94,95) (see Metallurgy). Hydrogen is also used to reduce sulfites to sulfides in one step in the removal of SO2 pollutants (see Airpollution) (96). Hydrogen reacts directiy with SO2 under catalytic conditions to produce elemental sulfur and H2S (97—98). Under certain conditions, hydrogen reacts with nitric oxide, an atmospheric poUutant and contributor to photochemical smog, to produce N2 ... 

Two processes, developed for the direct processing of lead sulfide concentrates to metallic lead (qv), have reached commercial scale. The Kivcet process combines flash smelting features and carbon reduction. The QSL process is a bath-smelting reactor having an oxidation 2one and a reduction 2one. Both processes use industrial oxygen. The chemistry can be shown as follows ... 

Determination of Apparent Density ofFree-FlowingMetal Powders Using the Hall Apparatus MPIF Standard No. 04, and Determination of Apparent Density of Non-Free Flowing Metal Powders Using the Camej Apparatus, No. 4, Metal Powder Industries Federation, Princeton, N.J., 1992. 

Definitions of Terms Used in Powder Metallurgy, MPIF Standard 09, Metal Powder Industries Federation, Princeton, N.J., 1992. 

The reactions of alkyl hydroperoxides with ferrous ion (eq. 11) generate alkoxy radicals. These free-radical initiator systems are used industrially for the emulsion polymerization and copolymerization of vinyl monomers, eg, butadiene—styrene. The use of hydroperoxides in the presence of transition-metal ions to synthesize a large variety of products has been reviewed (48,51). 

Catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation was one of the first enantioselective synthetic methods used industrially (82). 2,2 -Bis(diarylphosphino)-l,l -binaphthyl (BINAP) is a chiral ligand which possesses a Cg plane of symmetry (Fig. 9). Steric interactions prevent interconversion of the (R)- and (3)-BINAP. Coordination of BINAP with a transition metal such as mthenium or rhodium produces a chiral hydrogenation catalyst capable of inducing a high degree of enantiofacial selectivity (83). Naproxen (41) is produced in 97% ee by... 

Direct-current arcs into which no material is introduced have many appHcations as heat sources. Industrial processing of metals using plasma torches has been carried out in the former USSR (126). Thermal plasmas also are used in surface and heat treatment of materials (127,128). Metals can be... 

Cyclohexylamine is miscible with water, with which it forms an azeotrope (55.8% H2O) at 96.4°C, making it especially suitable for low pressure steam systems in which it acts as a protective film-former in addition to being a neutralizing amine. Nearly two-thirds of 1989 U.S. production of 5000 —6000 t/yr cyclohexylamine serviced this appHcation (69). Carbon dioxide corrosion is inhibited by deposition of nonwettable film on metal (70). In high pressure systems CHA is chemically more stable than morpholine [110-91-8] (71). A primary amine, CHA does not directiy generate nitrosamine upon nitrite exposure as does morpholine. CHA is used for corrosion inhibitor radiator alcohol solutions, also in paper- and metal-coating industries for moisture and oxidation protection. 

Stannous Oxide Hydrate. Stannous oxide hydrate [12026-24-3] SnO H2O (sometimes erroneously called stannous hydroxide or stannous acid), mol wt 152.7, is obtained as a white amorphous crystalline product on treatment of stannous chloride solutions with alkaH. It dissolves in alkaH solutions, forming stannites. The stannite solutions, which decompose readily to alkaH-metal stannates and tin, have been used industrially for immersion tinning. 

Industrial Consumption. The total consumption of primary antimony fell during the period from 1970 to 1986 (Table 3) because of the declining demand for antimony in most types of metallic uses. Since 1986, the demand for primary antimony in antimonial lead has increased, probably because of an increase in demand for starting—lighting—ignition (SLI) batteries. Total consumption in nonmetallic uses has remained stable. However, an increasing proportion of this is made up of flame retardant uses. Currendy, batteries and flame retardants are the two largest markets for antimony. 

Catalysis by Metals. Metals are among the most important and widely used industrial catalysts (69,70). They offer activities for a wide variety of reactions (Table 1). Atoms at the surfaces of bulk metals have reactivities and catalytic properties different from those of metals in metal complexes because they have different ligand surroundings. The surrounding bulk stabilizes surface metal atoms in a coordinatively unsaturated state that allows bonding of reactants. Thus metal surfaces offer an advantage over metal complexes, in which there is only restricted stabilization of coordinative... 

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